Firefight (1976)

A tactical game of modern (late 1970's) mechanized combat, partly funded by the US Army as a training tool, to show the effects of the long range and lethality of modern weapons on the techniques and tactics of the modern battlefield.

Game components: 400 die cut counters, two 22" x34" geomorphic maps, rules booklet, briefing booklet.

Cityfight: Modern Combat in the Urban Environment is a similar game utilizing the same base system.

50 meters per hex, 40 seconds per turn. Individual vehicles and fire teams/half-squads.

Magazine References:

Moves Article Index:

• Number 22, August/September 1975
  • Oil War / Firefight - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes)
• Number 23, October/November 1975
  • War in the West / Thirty Years War / Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (first edition) / Firefight - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes)
• Number 26, April/May 1976
  • Firefight / Kasserine: Baptism of Fire, February 1943 / Terrible Swift Sword: The Battle of Gettysburg / Panzergruppe Guderian / Outreach: The Conquest of the Galaxy, 3000AD / Napoleon's Last Battles / Conquistador / Highway to the Reich / Minuteman: The Second American Revolution / Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes), Various
• Number 30, December/January 1977
  • Firefight - "Mopping Up: Firefight" (Review and Q&A), Steven A. List
  • Firefight - "More Firefights" (Variant), Phil Kosnett
• Number 31, February/March 1977
  • Firefight - "Firefight" (Scenarios), Mark Herman and Tony Merridy
• Number 40, August/September 1978
  • Firefight - "Tactical Nuclear Weapons Simulation - With Particular Reference to Firefight & Similar Games (Variant), John A. Graham, III
• Number 48, December 1979/January 1980
  • Firefight - "Firefight Alone - A System For Solitaire Play" (Scenarios & Variant), Robert A. Kunz
• Number 53, October/November 1980
  • Firefight - "Firefight-City - Looting Cityfight for Chrome" (Variant), Gary C. Morgan